Founding Engineer (Remote)

Join a Singapore seed-stage startup as a Founding Engineer to help scale a platform for fan communities, with 3-5+ years of experience as a back-end engineer or full stack developer.

Requirements

• 3-5+ years of professional experience as a back-end engineer or full stack developer
• Excellent communication English skills
• Strong experience with Node.js and NestJS
• Solid knowledge of PostgreSQL
• Familiarity with NoSQL databases
• Experience designing APIs and data models for high-traffic systems
• DB performance optimization (indexes, queries, schemas)
• Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services
• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform or similar tool
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines (tests, builds, deployments)
• Understanding of containerized deployments and rollback strategies
• Experience with automated testing (unit / integration)
• Code Quality: Experience with automated testing, Linters, formatters, and code review practices
• Focus on maintainable, production-ready code
• CS / Math background
• Experience with feed or ranking algorithms
• Performance optimization: caching, lazy loading, preloading, thumbnails
• Observability: Monitoring with Grafana observability stack (i.e. Prometheus)
• Experience in social platforms, community-based apps, or messaging products

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Full-time employment